First of all, it's very clear there's not unanimous consent to continue on with this meeting.
It's not the way that I wanted to see the chair position start the day and the meeting. I'm glad I have a good experienced clerk beside me giving me all sorts of good advice, which I appreciate. I do thank all of you for your best wishes, but I wonder in an hour or so whether you will be saying the same thing.
Regardless, we have a room full of people from the department. We are taking up a lot of their time, and I know the amount of time it would take them to try to reschedule and come back. That would be wasting a lot of taxpayers' money. I also know you guys know the file like the back of your hands, so as far as the argument about being prepared or not prepared, I think most of you could wing it fairly quickly.
I'd move to adjourn and reconvene the meeting at 4:15, and then we would go to 4:45 or 4:50. At that point we'll talk about getting our witnesses submitted for Thursday, and then continue on a normal schedule next week.
I will adjourn now and then we'll reconvene at 4:15.